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Stop issuing threats to get 2023 Presidency –Shekarau warns Southern Governors

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2021

Former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has said that the 17 Southern Governors should stop “ganging up” and “issuing threats” all in a bid to get the 2023 Presidential ticket for the zone. Shekarau, who represents Kano Central District in the Senate, stated this on Monday while

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Pandora Papers: Global investigation exposes secrets of some of Nigeria’s rich and powerful

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2021

A new global investigation exposing the offshore hideaways of some of the world’s most powerful personalities is launching today after two years of discreet work by investigative journalists around the world. The project, known as Pandora Papers, is facilitated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which obtained a trove of 11.9 million

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Expose terrorism financiers as you deal with Igboho, Kanu’s ‘sponsors,’ Ajulo tells Buhari

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2021

A legal practitioner, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, while praising the President Muhammadu Buhari over his Independence Day broadcast, has urged him to name terrorism sponsors in Nigeria. Ajulo further asked the president to deal with the terrorism financiers decisively. The president in his broadcast on Nigeria’s independence at 61 on Friday, said, ​”The recent arrests of […]

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Nigeria at the crossroads – Full 61st Independence Anniversary Speech by Gov. Yahaya Bello

Daily Dispatch October 1, 2021

Moving forward, we are faced with the challenge of finding more equitable models of security, unity, peace and shared prosperity to strengthen the very basis of our coexistence. This is a challenge that will require intentional action by leaders and the led alike, particularly as we march towards a change of baton in our national […]

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Security: We’re taking fight to our enemies as army recruits 17,000 – Buhari

Daily Dispatch October 1, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the gallant men and women of the military and other security agencies for recording “tremendous progress’’ in the ongoing battles against insurgents and bandits across the country. The president stated this in a nationwide broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary, on Friday in Abuja. He attributed the successes being

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Safe-School-Initiative programme designed to fail, says Senate President

Daily Dispatch September 30, 2021

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Thursday that the Safe-School-Initiative programme in Nigeria was designed to fail. Lawan spoke at an investigative hearing by Senate joint committee on education (Basic & Secondary) and Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND on the utilisation of the funding proposed and budgeted for the Safe Schools Initiative, including